Cape Town, My City.

The time is soon. Soon, my friends I will be free from the vile clutches of the city. Free from its noise, angry people and strange smells. The ‘burbs await me. The tranquil country life of Kenilworth and its well deserved peaceful sights and sounds are my ultimate rewards for having lived a life of [...]

Between the media, American televangelists and my grandmother, the general consensus seems to be that the world is collectively heading down the moral tubes. Children don’t respect their elders, common courtesy has all but gone out the window and the words ‘bitch’ and ‘nigger’ has been resurrected as terms of endearment by a generation that [...]

Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins once sang, ‘Today is the greatest, day I ever knew.’ And yes, today is that day for your humble narrator. I ordered a monster 23 inch Samsung LCD monitor for a price that is too good to print in this blog. You live in Cape Town your whole life, [...]

The nicest sort of accommodation in Cape Town is also, sadly, the most expensive. This is of course in direct opposition to what I consider to be a pleasant living experience. Cape Town is a hive, a buzzing nest of illegal immigrants, angry yuppies and contemptuous new-age, born-into-wealth teenagers. They come to central Cape Town [...]